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Assisted dying bill: What happens now?

The bill was voted down by a majority of 16 on Friday

The Independent UK

MPs to vote again on assisted dying as Bill returns to Parliament

MPs will have another chance to vote for or against assisted dying legislation on Friday.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying law faces crunch Parliament vote amid fierce debate on end-of-life choice

Opposition to the Bill has been voiced by Archbishop Richard Moth called the Bill ‘wrong in principle’ and ‘deeply flawed’

The Independent UK

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Assisted dying Bill MP ‘confident’ Commons will vote yes despite PM abstaining

The legislation is back in Parliament after running out of time earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Federal shutdown hurts services for Native Americans and they worry worse is coming

Native Americans watched the shuttered government on Friday and braced for damage to their health care, education and infrastructure

The Independent UK

'I feel like my identity has been hijacked' – The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs is getting our house in order

Playwright Iman Qureshi and director Hannah Hauer-King on re-staging their ‘lesbian opus’ during a time of intra-community strife

Evening Standard

Disabled celebrities urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘inhumane’ benefit cuts

Exclusive: More than 100 people including Liz Carr and Rosie Jones sign letter criticising Pip and universal credit changes

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McArthur urges MSPs to take ‘brave step’ and back his Assisted Dying Bill

The Liberal Democrat MSP spoke out at the start of a Holyrood debate on his Bill to introduce assisted dying for terminally ill adults.

The Independent UK

Disabled people ‘not better off dead’, actress tells Holyrood rally

The Bill will face an initial vote in Holyrood on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

If in doubt on assisted dying, vote no, actress urges MSPs

The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill will face an initial vote on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

TV star Liz Carr to speak out against assisted dying ahead of Holyrood vote

The Silent Witness actor will be part of a rally against assisted dying, with the protest taking place ahead of Tuesday’s vote at Holyrood.

Evening Standard

Opposing protests to descend on Holyrood ahead of crucial assisted dying vote

DUAL protests opposing and supporting plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland are due to descend on Holyrood next week.

The National (Scotland)

Assisted dying coercion risk greater for disabled people – Tanni Grey-Thompson

Discrimination against disabled people in society has ‘risen remarkably’ in recent months amid discussion of welfare reforms, the peer said.

Evening Standard

Volunteer, 95, who helped raise almost £2m for humanitarian causes meets King

Nellie Hill, 95, of Newcastle, County Down, opened a shop to raise money for Concern Worldwide in 1992.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

‘Hardest decision’ to support assisted dying Bill, MP with disability says

Labour MP Marie Tidball said the Bill would empower people to make choices about their own deaths with ‘dignity and respect’.

Evening Standard

Why assisted dying Bill vote is too close to call - and which MPs are voting for and against?

A free vote on whether assisted dying has been labelled as an opportunity to ‘correct injustice and reduce human suffering’ by the MP behind the bill

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill: Kim Leadbeater says chance to 'correct injustice' ahead of debate and knife-edge vote

Five hours have been set aside for MPs to air their views before a potential vote on the Bill.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying can correct injustice says MP behind bill, as opponents warn of risks

Five hours have been set aside for MPs to air their views before a potential vote on the Bill

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The Independent UK

Assisted dying can correct injustice says Leadbeater, as opponents warn of risks

Five hours have been set aside for MPs to air their views before a potential vote on the Bill.

The Guardian - UK

MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot

Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr

The Guardian - UK

Unspeakable Conversations review – Liz Carr and Mat Fraser’s straight talk is enthralling

Playing a disability rights lawyer and the philosopher Peter Singer, as well as themselves, the actors deliver a powerful production

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying legislation will not harm disabled people

Letters: Charles Warlow and Prof Ben Colburn respond to an interview with Liz Carr who campaigns against assisted dying

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Better Off Dead?; Bridgerton; The Gathering; The Big Cigar – review

Assisted dying is shockingly unpacked by Liz Carr; Nicola Coughlan moves centre stage in Netflix’s Regency romp; Skins meets Euphoria in a Liverpool psychodrama. Plus, the trouble with a ‘mostly true’ Black Panthers drama

The Guardian - UK

Better Off Dead? review – Liz Carr’s blistering film may well change your mind about assisted dying

As the UK edges towards legalising the right to die for those with terminal illness, the wickedly funny actor’s subversive documentary exposes the huge risks it poses for disabled people

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m fighting for the right to live’: Liz Carr on acting, friendship and her campaign against assisted dying

The star of Silent Witness and The Normal Heart was ‘the popular kid’ until an autoimmune condition turned her life upside down. She talks about her lonely childhood, her flourishing career and the battle she can’t abandon

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